Biuras
Economy

Unemployment in Lithuania edges down over quarter

Statistics Lithuania reports that, according to the Labour Force Survey data, in the second quarter of 2015, the unemployment rate stood at 9.4 percent. […]

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Economy

42 percent of Lithuanian companies use social media

Statistics Lithuania has carried out a survey on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in Lithuanian companies. It has shown that all production and services companies with 10 and more employees were using computers and broadband internet. 64.5 percent of companies were using mobile broadband services provided by mobile network operators (53.3 percent in 2014). 13.6 percent of employees used mobile internet access for work purposes (11.4 percent in 2014). […]

Economy

Lithuania’s per capita cigarette consumption grows to 50 packs

Annual per capita consumption of legal cigarettes in Lithuania rose to 50 packs last year, from 47.4 packs in 2013, data from Statistics Lithuania shows. […]

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Society

1 in 3 Lithuanians receive pensions

In 2014 the number of recipients of old-age pensions paid by the State Social Insurance Fund (Sodra) decreased by a thousand to 599,600. By the end of 2014, as much as 923,200 people received at least one type of pension, i.e., one in three Lithuanians. […]

Indrė Genytė-Pikčienė
Economy

Prospects for Lithuanian exporters improving, DNB says

Bank DNB analysts say that it is clear when evaluating Lithuania’s short-term export prospects that the first six months of 2015 will be the hardest. Producers who incurred losses due to harsh sanctions imposed by Russia are now reorienting towards new markets and reforming their business models. […]